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Ukraine and Russia: what each party thinks

6 questions, 72 party positions and 4 complete disagreements (how they are assigned).

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their manifestos, votes and statements. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Smer

Agrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

In between: “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

PS

Agrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Hlas

Agrees: “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

In between: “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Hnutie Slovensko

Agrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

In between: “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”

KDH

Agrees: “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

In between: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”

SaS

Agrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

SNS

Agrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Republika

Agrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Maďarská aliancia

Agrees: “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

In between: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Demokrati

Agrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Sme rodina

Agrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”

Disagrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

In between: “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Právo na pravdu

Agrees: “The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia”; “Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027”; “Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back”

Disagrees: “Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine”; “Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions”; “Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine”

Slovakia should resume sending state military aid to Ukraine.

The government that took office in autumn 2023 stopped sending state-funded military aid to Ukraine. The statement is about aid paid for by the state, not arms sales by private companies.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 1 in between and 6 against.

The EU should lift its sanctions on Russia.

The EU imposed economic sanctions on Russia in 2014 and expanded them greatly after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. They are renewed unanimously, so any member state can block them. According to the spring 2025 Eurobarometer, 61% of Slovaks support them.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 4 in favour, 1 in between and 7 against.

Slovakia should be able to keep buying Russian gas and oil after 2027.

In January 2026 the EU approved a ban on Russian gas imports: liquefied gas from the end of 2026 and pipeline gas from autumn 2027. A ban on Russian oil is due to apply by the end of 2027 at the latest. Slovakia and Hungary voted against, and the Slovak government announced a challenge at the EU Court of Justice.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 6 in favour, 2 in between and 4 against.

Ukraine should be able to join the EU once it meets all the conditions.

Ukraine has been an EU candidate country since June 2022 and has been negotiating membership since June 2024. Every new member needs the agreement of all member states. In March 2026, 64% of Slovaks were against its accession and 29% in favour (Focus).

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 7 in favour, 2 in between and 3 against.

Russian assets frozen in the EU should be used to help Ukraine.

Russian central bank assets worth about €210 billion have been frozen in the EU since 2022, and the revenue they generate already goes to Ukraine. In December 2025 a plan to lend Ukraine money directly from these assets failed after several countries, including Slovakia, objected. EU leaders agreed instead on a €90 billion loan for 2026–2027, funded by joint EU borrowing.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 2 in between and 5 against.

Support for refugees from Ukraine should be cut back.

Since March 2022 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have received temporary protection in the EU; in Slovakia this is called 'temporary refuge' (dočasné útočisko) and has been extended to 4 March 2027. According to the spring 2025 Eurobarometer, 83% of Slovaks agree with taking in people fleeing the war.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favour, 2 in between and 7 against.

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